That's neat...but is there any way to hide the magnifier interface?
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ShinraiAug 12 '10 at 14:27

Yes, I must be missing something. When I run magnifier, a new window appears, (a view port into my current desktop). Only that view port is color-inverted. And I can't actually interact with its contents. What I want is (1) no view port at all, (2) my entire desktop color-inverted, (3) ability to interact with the desktop as usual. Exactly what the video had. What am I missing?
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user35997Aug 12 '10 at 16:53

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Okay, much better solution: there's a "diagnose Aero problems" command you can find from your Run menu (search for it). Turns out that Aero was turning itself off (silently!) because I had a USB video card whose max color setting was 16 bits -- less than the 32 bits required for Aero to run.
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user35997Aug 13 '10 at 23:11

This would be even better if it didn't need Windows Aero, but that would probably add 900% more work to make 1% of the users happier. :)
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Gordon GustafsonOct 20 '13 at 23:21

I find that NegativeScreen is better for the 2 following reasons. It doesn't lag my mouse like the Magnifier does. It doesn't override shortcuts that I use in other applications.
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Simon LGJan 9 '14 at 15:29